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CEGL001307 Atriplex confertifolia / Leymus salinus Shrubland

Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available


Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Shadscale Saltbush / Saline Wildrye Shrubland

Colloquial Name: No Data Available

Hierarchy Level:  Association

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Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available

Classification Comments: No Data Available

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Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available

Floristics: No Data Available

Dynamics:  No Data Available

Environmental Description:  No Data Available

Geographic Range: No Data Available

Nations: US

States/Provinces:  CO, UT




Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented

Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available

Grank: G3G5

Greasons: No Data Available


Concept Lineage: No Data Available

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Obsolete Parents: No Data Available

Synonomy: = Atriplex confertifolia / Elymus salinus Plant Association (Baker 1982b)
= Atriplex confertifolia / Elymus salinus Plant Association (Baker 1983c)
= Atriplex confertifolia / Elymus salinus Plant Association (Baker and Kennedy 1985)

Concept Author(s): Western Ecology Group

Author of Description: No Data Available

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  • Baker, W. L. 1983c. Natural vegetation of part of northwestern Moffat County, Colorado. Unpublished report prepared for the State of Colorado Natural Areas Program, Department of Natural Resources, Denver by Colorado Natural Heritage Inventory, Denver.
  • Baker, W. L., and S. C. Kennedy. 1985. Presettlement vegetation of part of northwestern Moffat County, Colorado, described from remnants. Great Basin Naturalist 45(4):747-777.
  • Bourgeron, P. S., and L. D. Engelking, editors. 1994. A preliminary vegetation classification of the western United States. Unpublished report. The Nature Conservancy, Western Heritage Task Force, Boulder, CO. 175 pp. plus appendix.
  • CNHP [Colorado Natural Heritage Program]. 2006-2017. Tracked natural plant communities. Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. [https://cnhp.colostate.edu/ourdata/trackinglist/plant_communities/]
  • Empire Engineering and Land Surveying. 1986. Vegetation resources, Volume 2, Chapter 9, Sections 9.0-9.3, pages 9-1 through 9-19 and 9-38 through 9-41 in: Mining and Reclamation Plan for Black Jack Mine Number 1. Report for New Tech Mining Corporation. Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining Act/019/004. Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Western Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Boulder, CO.